Example sentences of "[vb past] their [noun] for the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Composers scored their music for the forces that were available , and David Wulstan is surely correct in perceiving that the recognition of evolutions and innovations in the performing medium may contribute to the establishment of a chronology for a composer so long-lived as Byrd . |
| 2 | Merrill Lynch 's 1985 survey of relocation policies found that 96 per cent of the ‘ 303 Times Top 1000 companies ’ interviewed compensated their employees for the costs of living in temporary accommodation , with 78 per cent compensating for hotel and/or rented accommodation for a fixed period , generally for up to three months . |
| 3 | The heads of government pledged their support for the attempts of the Organization of American States ( OAS ) to find a solution to the crisis in Haiti [ see p. 38758 ] and condemned the attempted coup in Venezuela [ see pp. 38759-60 ] . |
| 4 | At the rally at Halkebi Turkish Community Centre , trade union officials from the Taylor 's and Garment Workers Union and Transport and General Workers Union and MPs Diane Abbott and Jeremy Corbyn stated their support for the workers and protested the home office policy . |
| 5 | Members of the DHAC showed their distaste for the Nationalists when Councillor James Doherty and some Nationalist supporters in the gallery created a disturbance . |
| 6 | The majority of those who were working lost their jobs for the reasons already detailed above . |